Work

A showcase of projects and initiatives I've led, focusing on infrastructure automation, cloud optimization, and platform engineering solutions that deliver measurable business impact.

Projects

AWS Cost Optimization Platform

Led a comprehensive cloud cost optimization initiative that reduced monthly AWS expenditure by 40% through automation, monitoring, and strategic resource management.

AWSPythonTerraformCloudability

Infrastructure Automation Platform

Built platform infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code practices with Terraform and Ansible. Automated AWS RDS provisioning achieving 90% reduction in deployment time.

TerraformAnsiblePythonJenkins

SAS Viya Platform Optimization

Provided expert-level support for SAS Viya platform, optimizing PostgreSQL and Oracle database performance and implementing comprehensive monitoring systems achieving 99.9% uptime.

SAS ViyaPostgreSQLOracleLinux

Technical Blog & Documentation

Documented my journey from web development to cloud engineering through technical blog posts covering AWS optimization, Terraform best practices, and SAS Viya administration.

Technical WritingDevOpsCloud EngineeringBest Practices

Where I've Worked

Senior Platform Engineer

SAS Institute

  • Oversee and maintain Linux-based server environments ensuring optimal performance and security
  • Provide expert-level support for SAS Viya platform with high availability and optimal performance
  • Manage and optimize PostgreSQL and Oracle databases with comprehensive backup and recovery procedures

Senior Analyst DevOps Engineer

Bureau of Meteorology

  • Provisioned non-production environments for development activities using GitLab
  • Managed AWS cloud security including IAM, KMS, VPC, and network configurations
  • Automated AWS RDS provisioning and validation using Jenkins Pipeline and Python

Senior Analyst DevOps Engineer

National Australia Bank

  • Built platform infrastructure on AWS using Terraform, Ansible, and Python
  • Achieved 40% reduction in monthly cloud expenditure through cost optimization strategies
  • Implemented automated cost control measures and scheduled start/stop of non-production instances

Previous Roles

  • Infosys - Technology Architect
  • Huawei - Team Lead
  • Oracle - Principal Consultant

Technologies & Skills

Cloud Technologies

AWS (VPC, RDS, EC2, S3, CloudFront)
Kubernetes
Docker
CloudWatch

Infrastructure

Terraform
Ansible
Jenkins
GitLab CI/CD

Databases

Oracle (9i-18c, RAC, ASM)
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Greenplum

Scripting & Tools

Python
Shell Scripts
Perl
Groovy

Security Clearance

NV1 (Negative Vetting Level 1) - Australian Government security clearance that enables work on sensitive government projects and infrastructure.